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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
BY WILLIAM C. ETHERIDGE.
[Original.l

Have We looked for sheep in the desert,
For those who have lost their way?
Have We been in the wild waste places,
Where the lost and wandering stray?
Have ye trodden the lonely highway,
The foul and darkSOme street?
1t may be yed see in the cleaning,
The prints of wounded feet.
Have ye folded home to your bosom
The trembling, neglected lamb,
And taught to the little lost one
The sound of the Shepherds name?
Have ye searched for the poor and needs
With no clothing, no home. no bread?
The Son Of Man was among them
He had nowhere to lay His head.
Have ye carried the living water
To the parchcd and hungry soul?
Have ye said to the sick and wounded,
Christ Jesus makes thee whole?
Have We told MY fainting children
OF the strength of the Fathers hand ?
Have ye guided the tottering footsteps
To the shore. of the "GOlden Land?"
Have ye stood by the sad and weary
To smooth the pillow of death,
To comfort the sorrOw-Stricken,
And strengthen the feeble faith?
And have We felt, when the glory
Has STRAINED through the open door
And fitted across the shadows,
That had been there before?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06

COMMENTING on the railroad cleo
ton the Norfolk PHbHe Leager says
/" Henderson excelled Durham on the
railroad question by voting unanimous
ly to make subscription. 1t is re-
markable fact that in the two towns
only one person was found who wa.
opposed to the proposition. The
unanimity of the vote shows that the
people of that thriving section of oul
sister State are keenly alive to theil
interests, and that they are willing tc
put their hands in their pockets to aid
in establishing advantageous trade
connections
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
TWO PICTURES.
Retrospective and Prospective.

From the Wilson Miryoy- Henry
Blount-and the Smithheld HeraIA-
Glenwood correspondent-we take
the following poetical and eloquent
strains, the one dwelling on the past,
the other glorying in the future. Hear
them.
We can never forget the old home
that sweet, dear old place, hallowed
BY father watchful care and moth
er's sweet and endearing ministry.
Standing way off in the back ground
of the past, and ivyed all over with
precious incidents of boyhood's sunny
days, it is the Mecca to which our
thoughts make their fondest pilgrimage,
and there is no dearer spot on earth to
us. 'Tis true our present surroundings
may be all that we could wish, and
life may be flowing along on the
brightest current of enjoyment, and
passing in its silvery course the sweetest
flowers of peace and happiness. But
dispite all this, the heart still warns a
feeling for the dear old place, and as
soon as the tender twilight of dream
ing begins to deepen, and the stars OF
revelry are awakened, it's then we float
away on the precious hoodtide of hal
lowed memories, and see through the
mist of tears the scenes of childhood
days. Yes, we may bask in the sun
light of radiant happiness, and drink
in the melody of the purest notes OF
earthly pleasure, but like the sad sea
she'll which forever keeps up in its in
most murmur of its billowy home we
will ever hear in our own true hearts
the sad, sad sobbing of their ceaseless
longing, and we too like the hare when
the hounds and horns pursue, pant tc
the place from whence it first flew
we still will hope, LIES long vexations
passed, there to return and die i,
home at laSt-MUYor.
All, no! However sweet those days
agone may have been; however dear
the old familiar scenes of youth were
held; however joyous the meeting oil
kindred hearts and minds attuned tc
music were wont to be, we would no,
return to live over the joys, the sor
rows of the Past. The Future, hel
bounteous fields aglow, spreads out :
charming prospect before us and joy
fully we press forword to sother scene:
and pastures new to explore the un.
known, to reveal anew in the domain
of fancy, to sport, perchance, once
more in Lords beautiful bowers
Ever eager to leave the fading pas
astern, we face resolutely to the front
leaving the sad sweet memories o
'Auld Lang Syne' to slumber, or else
to make mounful rustling. in the darl
of memory'S leaves; or, turned by re
hecton's fingers, We revisw the days o
yore.-HfraH correspondent
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06

ApRopos of all the newspaper talk
and political twaddle about who
saved the Union, the Republican party
of course claiming everything, the
Waterloo, Iowa, Tribune asks the
question, "Who went to war any
way?" and says: Missouri gave Mr.
Lincoln 1923 votesbut sent sc, 53c
soldiers into the Union armyr Iowa
gave Lincoln 7o,4oo votes and sent
to war under the old flag $3.50 men
If only Republicans went, they left
only 1929 of them at home-no,
enough to hold the Offices.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRA.
TON.
By JOHN PAUL BocoCK, OF VIRGINIA.

By JOHN PAUL BOCOCK, OF VIRGINIA.
Never since Noah an Ararat gladly came
down from the ark;
Nor since COnfucius confused China s al
phabet, just for lark;
Never since Carthage iE ruins was wept on
and washed off by Marius
Never since Iiannibafs men on the Alps
said: We're tired. come carry US =
Never since Plymouth was seized on by
Pilgrims in pioas old piracy;
Never since Freedom shrieked - Poor Kos
ciusko,' and went into retiracy
Never since cider was first tapped in Spain
by the Cid
Never since Denmark decayed. or the Great
Pyramid
Held up bid pile of time to look down at
old Nap,
Or the coon said to Scott, You needn't
pop even a capr'
Never. indeed, since the Dutch captured
Holland with hostile intent
Was there ever another SO wondrous and
worthy event.
From q poem tn Nep York World.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06

HERE is step in the right direction.
The Charlotte Chronicle says a new
enterprise has been inaugurated in
Morganton, in the shape of the Nor
canton Manufacturing Company. The
new factory turns out all classes ot
wood work, and will make a specially
of we'll buckets, house buckets, tubs,
step ladders, barrels, kegs, etc. The
company is backed by ample capital
and has gone to work in earnest.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
A GOOD THING.
Hyco, Va.

IT IS stated that Henry w. Grady
has been offered by lecture manager
$4,000 or thereabouts to tell the
North this winter about the New South
We do not know whether Mr.. Grady
would undertake such a thing or not,
but if he should he could do a great
work in bringing about better under.
standing of the South of to-day in the
minds of his Northern hearers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
A TONGUE IN KNOTS.

contracted malaria in the s~amps
of Louisiana whi g working for the iele-
graph company, and used every kind OF
medicine | could hear Of without r'l Of.
] at last succeedc in breaking the fever,
but it cost me over s 0J.00, and then my
system WAS Frustrated and saturated
with raIarial pois sn and | became al
most ht lpIess. fina ly came here, my
mouth So filled with sores tnat | couil
scarcely eat, and my tongue raw and
filled with little knots. Various rrmt-
dies were resorIed to without effect.
Bought two bOifl Of Il B Il. and il has
cured and strengthened me. All cores
of my mouth are healed and my tongue
entirely clear of knots aud soreness, and
/ feel lik&A new man.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06

ly and candidly conceded, and l only
differ with Capt. S. in claiming too
much, as | conceive, for the quality OF
leaves cured off the stalk in the s.Mod-
ern Barn"
Stripping the leaves from the stalk
as they ripen certainly increases the
product, and curing in a Modern
Barn" is cheaper as regards fuel and
attention. 1t is greatly to its credit
if his barn will "reduce the cost OF
curing 40 per cent"
THE ONE HORSE PLANTER
who is unable to construct a Modern
Barn" need not despair of curing his
crop yellow and of fine quality by the
furnace and pipe-0ue, the regulator or
some other good fue in his log barns
daubed tight with proper appliances
for ventilation and the regulation of
the temperature.
The superiority of Virginia and
North Carolina yellow tobacco has
been built on the product euyed on the
stalk, and until chemical analysis
demonstrates that curing the leaf
stripped from the stalk makes brighter,
milder and better tobacco, the present
prevailing mode will continue for all
uniformly ripe tobacco. But for
plants ripening at the bottom and to
save the ripe lower leaves, while allow
ing the upper leaves to remain stand
ing longer till they also ripen, the
leaf stripping process will increase in
practice.
TO Col. S. c. Shelton, the the pio-
neer tobacco planter of Western North
Carolina, credit is due for reviving the
practice of harvesting the leaves and
not the stalks, after the mode had long
remained in "innocuous desuetude."
| thank him for calling my attention
eleven years ago to his patent hanger,
which have used to advantage more
or less every year since.
GOOD THING.
The character of the soil and eli
mate contributes greatly to the fine
quality of our bright yellow tobacco,
and for this type the planters Of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina have no
competitors. We virtually hold a
monopoly in this line as long as we do
our duty and raise it fine, whether
cured on or off the stalk.
r. L. RAGLAND.
Hvco Va
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
CUT YOUR HEAD Off

DAVE HAWKINS, THE OLDEST
IL barber in Henderson, has an envi--
able reputation in the business. HE
shop, over Currip's billiard ssleop, ts
hsndsomsly and CONT. .rtsbly fitted mp
and he wives ar eDy itFs and fasb"
ionable hair cut.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06

The other day a young man lost his
mind from smoking cigarettes. This
should not unfit him for continuing
the habit.-Eqcaiag Wisconsin.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
Jackson. Tenn. A rril 20 1864.
STIFF JOINTS
A F. BRITroN
ScrofiIa and rheumatism.

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have a little boy twelve years old
whose knees have beel drawn almost
double and his JOINTS are perfectly stiff,
and has been in this condition three
year., unable t. walk. During that
time the medical board of London county
examined him and pronounced the dis
ease scrofula and prescribed, but no
berefit ever derived. 1 then used
9nuch Gdverti> ed preparation without
benefit. Three weeks ago he became
perfectly helpless and suffered dread
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4 friend who has used Il. B. B. ad-
vised it, use. lie has used one bottle
and all pam Ea' ceased and he can now
walk. This has been pron6uuced a most
wonderful action. as his com plaint had
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use ii Oh lin
Mrs. EMMA GRIFFIiHs
UnIta, T"nn March - 1886.
WEBB CITY, ARK, BLOOD.
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All who desire full Information about
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
NO. Al.

A Connection. woman has invented
a hustle which, she says, has never been
worn before. Isn't that popularity
of most bustles ?-Washingtoh Critic.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06

Read and advertise in the GOLD
LEAF.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-10-06
THE MASTERS QUESTIONS.
Very faithfully yours,
REBECCA CAMERON.

Hillsbororough, N. G.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
Anthracite Coal Miners in the Schuylkill Re-
gion Demand Increased Wages.
Knights Of Labor Refuse to Indorse the Strike
in the Coal Regions.
Six Hundred Men Thrown Out of Employment
at 3 Pittsburg Furnace.
Milwaukee Stove-MOlders Locked Out for
Refusing to Work on Boycotted
st. Louis Patterns.
COAL OPERATORS AND MINERS.
Both Parties Anxious for an Amicable
Settlement

Both Parties Anxious for an Amicable
Settlement.
READING, Pa, May 9.-"There has been
no decision by the anthracite coal miners
to strike on the 10th inst.,n said knight
of Labor official yesterday, who has been
travelling on business of the order through
the Schuylkill rigion for two months past.
THE men do not want to strike, but do
want the 10 per cent. advance. They sent
no notice to the companies of their inten-
tion to strike, but sent a formal petition
for the increase by May 10. No ultima
tum was promulgated, and whether the
increase is granted or not, there is no ikelI-
hood of strike on Tuesday. No decision
has been reached. Whatever the COM
panies may do the Executive Board will
first have to consider that the prices re-.
ceived for coal now and the condition of
trade warrant an advance, but they have
not decided to strike" A coal region
delegate expressed the opinion that a
strike, if ordered, would not last two
weeks. President Carlin himself said the
company could not afford strike and the
miners believe he is as anxious to avert
trouble as they are. The strike, If it is
ordered, will involve about 10000 men,
most of them with families to support.
A New York evening paper says: In the
Washington building the home of the
Coal Exchange, it was stated to-day that
the anthracite miners in the Schuylkill
region, who have petitioned for an ad-
vance of 10 per cent, would undoubtedly
60 on a strike If it was refused them. The
companies are to make reply tomorrow, or
ifthey refuse to reply the men will go out at
once. There is quite a general feeling in
the New York trade that the men will be
wholly, or at least partly, successful in
their demands, as the season of the year is
at hand when the miners can live idly at
comparatively little expense, while the de-
mand for coal continues as great as ever.
There are many in the trade who believe
that the companies must give in if the
miners can hold out fer a sufficient length
of time, as nearly 10000 men will be in.
volved in the strike should one occur. The
places of such number of men can not be
filled.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
Next Thursday,s Parade.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-General Baird,
chief marshal of the parade at the unveil-
ing of the Garfield statue, on Thursday
next, issued a general order to-day as
signing to places the organizations which
are to participate. Among them are the
Grand Army of the Republic, a battalion
of the Third United States Artillery, a
battalion of United States Marines, a de-
tachment of sailors from the United States
steamer Galena, the Society of the Army
of the Cumberland, the District militia,
consisting of about dozen companies, and
various civic societies. The procession
will form in two divisions at 11:30 a. m,
near the intersection of II and Sixteenth
streets, and will march on II to Eigh-
teenth street, then to Pennsylvania ave
nue., and down that avenue to the Garfield
statue at the foot of Capitol Hill. 1t is
expected that the President and Mrs.
Cleveland will be present to witness the
unveiling ceremonies.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
The Il. and o. Deal.

BALTIMORE, May 9.-George II. Staynor
and Christopher Meyer, of New York, ar
rived here Saturday night, and about noon
yesterday went TO Robert CARROTS house,
where they remained until night. What
was done at the long conference could not
be learned. Mr.. Staynor, when asked
about it, only smiled. and Mr.. Garrett, in
his usual suave manner, declared that
newspapers should know all in due time.
Henry Willard was here again few days
ago and had an lnterviewiwith Mr.. Garrett.
1t is learned that the deal, so far as the
Richmond terminal is concerned, is COM
pleted, but there is a hitch in the negotia-
tions with the Cincinnati. Hamilton and
Dayton and the Lake Erie and Western
people. The recent visit of William B.
Strong, president of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, to Mr.. Garrett gives color
to the report that the Atchison Road is in
the deal. There will, of course, be changes
in the Baltimore and Ohio directory, and
several members Will have to resign to
make room for representatives from the
other roads in the proposed syndicate.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
Mr, Parnell a yery Sick Man,

New YORK, May GA London special to
the Evening Post says: ut is no longer
possible to disregard the rumors which
have repeatedly gained currency lately
concerning Mr.. Parnell's health. His
private life, as every one knows, is passed
in the most complete seclusion. The Irish
members, even if they know, would not.
of course, communicate to the outside
world any unwelcome news about him.
From another source, which l am COM
PEELED to regard as trustworthy, learn
that the health of the Irish leader is not
only bad, hut positively alarming. My
informant went so far as to add that even
his participation in the future political
struggle is doubtful. have reason to be-
lieve, but can not state positively, that his
disease is cancer in tie stomach"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
A Poor AIarksmau.

CoRYDoN, May 6.-At English, Ind, on
the Air Line Railroad, James Laswel got
off freight train with a revolver in his
hand, and opened fire upon Charles B. Gre
celius, who was standing on the platform
at the depot. Crecellus ran and Laswell
followed him, and the whole town came
out to see the proceedings. Greece
Illus crossed and recrossed a swollen
creek three time in his flight from Laswell,
and the latter gentleman kept in hot pur-
suit, firing his pistol at Crecelius until the
could not shoot with certainty. Crecelius
took to the woods and made his escape. 1t
will be remembered that Crecelius eloped
with LaswelPs daughter some time ago,
and that he was arrested, and that both
parties returned home. 1t is said that he
has lately been seeking an interview with
the young lady and that this is the cause
of the trouble.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
Tha state,s nIotinn orerrnled.

CHICAGO, May 9.-This afternoon Judge
Shepard rendered his decision in the mo-
ton made by States Attorney Grinnell to
quash the venire of jurors called in the
doodle cases. The court held that it
was not the intention of the legislators
who enacted the statute that 1t should be
strictly, complied with. Reasonable COM
pliance was all that was necessary, and it
seemed that such compliance had been
made in this case. 1t would be next to i'm
possible to go over the jury list every time
there was an election, and that would be
the only way in which it would be strictly
determined just what proportion of jurors
were legal voters. The law had been rea-
sonably complied with and the States mo-
tion was overruled. The calling of the
Jury was then commenced.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
The Court Jushfss the Police in Saizing Dill
Ions Money and Papers.
The Formal Opening Of the Great American
Exhibition in London.
The Emin Bey Relief Expedition-The DiI-
Ion-Times Ouestion-Alarming State
of mr. ParneIl's Health.
PRoUEEDINes OF THE COMMONS.
Consideration OF the Irish Grimes Act
Amendment Resumed.


LONDON, May 9.-P. N. Healy in the
Commons this afternoon asked what
answer had been returned by the Govern
ment TO the letter OF Patrick Egan, Treas
urer Of the Old Land League, offering to
return to Dublin and stand trial for the
charges against him, provided venue in
his case should not be removed from Dub
lin.
Colonel King Harmon. Parliamentary
Secretary for Ireland, replied that no
answer had been sent, for the reason that
no such letter had been received. Laugh
ter.
House Committee consideration of the
Irish crimes act amendment bill was re-
sumed.
Mr.. Clancy, Nationalist, moved an
amendment To the effect that magisterial
inquiries into cases of alleged crimes under
the bill be conducted in public.
Mr.. Balfour opposed this, and the amend
ment was rejected-1Ss to 131.
After several minor amendments had
been disposed of, Mr.. Healy moved that
any one frivilously summoned or need
lessly detained as a witness could hold
action for compensation against the magis-
trate.
James Stuart, home rule Radical. moved
to report progress.
w. H. Smith objected on the ground
should first be dealt with.
Mr.. Morley supported the motion.
A hubbub ensued, ending in a division
which resulted in the motion being re-
jected-249 to 176.
Mr.. Healy asked the Government to state
its views on his amendment.
Mr.. Smith replied that their answer had
already been given. He then moved
cloture, which was adopted.
Mr.. Healy's amendment was rejected by
$50 to 150.
LaBauchere moved to report progress;
rejected by 24S TO 170.
Robert Wallace, home ruler, moved
that the chairman leave the chair. Mr..
CoDybeare, Radical, supporting the mo-
ton.
Mr.. Smith again porposed cloture, which
was carried by 24S TO 100. Mr.. Wallace's
motion wash egatived-245 to 162.
Mr.. Smith moved to put the question
on the whole remaining portion of the first
section of the bill.
The chairman declined to put the cloture,
because of the six amendments which the
motion would exclude, two of which
deserved ample discussion.
This decision was received with loud and
prolonged cheers from the opposition. at
4:30 a. m, the House is still sitting, and Mr..
Cham berlain having returned, the Union
lists will now determine what amendments
they will propose to the crimes act.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11

New York, May 9.-There may be people
who will doubt it-people who will perpe-
trate the stale old joke about carrying
Goals to Newcastle-but doubt or no doubt
jibe or no jibe, Boston is boring for nat
ural gas. Something like an epidemic of
natural gas has broken out all over the
country. Boston's millionaire spectators
caught the fever only few weeks ago, but
she has had a regiment of more or less sci
entifc prospectors at work most indus
triously ever since. Large sums of money
have already been spent in preliminary
work, and they are now about ready to put
to final test the theory that all the gas in
Boston is not above ground. Harvard SCI
entists and practical men from Pittsburg
have all assured the capitalists that evil
dences are abundant in favor of finding gas
in plenty,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
Fraudulent Insurance Companies.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May 9-The Even
ing Journal to-day prints the official report
of E. B. Walker, examiner of insurance
companies of this State, to Commissioner
Shandrew. The report will, no doubt,
create some uneasiness in certain quarters
when il is read. The methods of business
followed by several companies are severely
criticised. Among such companies are the
American Life, st. Paul, Mutual Benevo-
lent Association, Union Endowment, St.
Paul and Minnesota Mutual Benefit of
Minneapolis. The examiner recommends
that some of these concerns had better
change their plans or wind up their affairs,
as they are not able to pay the full amount
Of their policies and would have to resort
to questionable methods of compromising
with their policy.holders so as not to have
to pay full amounts of policies.